Funny / Watch Dogs: Legion

"This had better be fucking good!"

While decidedly Darker and Edgier than 2, returning to the tone the first game had, Legion's also a bit more Denser and Wackier thanks to the fact that every NPC in London is a possible playable character.

As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.

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Pre-Release Material

• Bagley, serving as the player's Voice with an Internet Connection, has a... "quirky" sense of humor, shown multiple times in the gameplay trailer:
  Bagley: (Upon seeing a Riot Drone) Best not to escalate if you don't-
  (Ian shoots the drone)
  Bagley: -or just ignore me!

  Ian: (After barely clearing a roadblock) When were you going to tell me about the bloody checkpoint?!
  Bagley: Oh, there's a checkpoint.

  Bagley: (After Helen complains about the park's birds being replaced with machines) "Get used to it. In the long march of progress, everything dies eventually!"
  Helen: Eventually even you, Bagley, I'm sure.
  Bagley: Now there's my Helen! Speaking of death, you'll never guess what just happened to Ian?
  Helen: Oh, for God's sake, Bagley, a little respect!
  • Once you find out that Bagley's dialogue was "punched up a bit" by Yahtzee, it's hard not to notice the A.I. using some of his style of humour.
• Several operatives can have the ability to "die randomly". And we mean randomly. Often, these are attached to extremely absurd modifiers. Even the Gamescom trailer narrator expresses his confusion.
  Narrator: This is Alan. Old codger, and a veritable mad bastard.
  (scenes of chaos as Alan tears through Albion operatives)
  Narrator: Increased damage with rifles and, wait-
  (Record Needle Scratch as Alan dies of a heart attack)
  Narrator: May die randomly?! RIP, Alan...
• During the E3 demo, when the gameplay switches to Helen, the music switches from subtle techno to very loud classical. It just adds to the comedic effect of a granny casually kicking the crap out of Cyberpunk cops.
• The hilarious tidbit that operatives can pass out in the street simply by drinking too much, as shown by Mickey in the Gameplay Overview.
  Narrator: He does have a slight... drinking problem though.
  (Mickey drinks a can of beer, smashes it on his head, then passes out on the sidewalk)
  Narrator: Aaand he's buzzed out. Let's uh... We'll come back to him.
• The "Resistance" Trailer has this gem.
  Narrator: Ladies and gentlemen, London... is fucked. (explosions and scenes of Albion being tyrants) But don't worry, we've got our best man on the case. Because if anyone can fix this mess, it's this smooth bastard superspy—(He immediately gets shot in the head) Oh... Well... Looks like we're recruiting!
  • Also in the trailer, it specifically states you can just recruit "idiots".

The Main Game

• The simple fact that the elderly can be recruited into DedSec, complete with fumbling and incredible politeness even when stunning Albion guards to sleep. Fans have inevitably joked about deciding to make their DedSec entirely comprised of the senior generation.
  Narrator: She's not old, she's experienced!
  • However, recruiting the elderly has its own problems, namely that they can start with the "Doomed" trait, meaning that they can drop dead at any time.
  Sindhu: Brilliant, I'm not ready to go to pasture just yet. Let's get to it!
  DIED RANDOMLY
  NPC: (In the background) I'm getting the fuck out of here.
• When loading the game, the operative might be doing something at random (being chased by thugs, watching a game at the bar or even relieving himself) only to be interrupted by Bagley.
• Most of Bagley's lines actually (not surprising when you remember that the developers brought in Ben Croshaw of Zero Punctuation fame to "punch up" his dialogue). Highlights include:
  • When the first playable character reboots Bagley, he asks the player to identify themselves or he'll seal the exits, hack your Optik, and read you every drunken email you ever made until you starve.
  • "Dear God, people are disgusting! I wonder how this family-values politician will appreciate his S&M sessions on public display."
  • "Albion has this place locked down tight, but you can bet that the security has more holes in it than Julius Caesar."
• During "Operation Westminster", Bagley responds to the imminent threat of Parliament being blown up as only Bagley can.
  Bagley: I'm in. (a warning message flashes up on the screen) ...and the bombs have just armed themselves. Well, that may complicate matters.
  Dalton: Fuck's sake! Can you defuse them or not?
  Bagley: Of course I can. But I may also trip another failsafe and vaporise you. So, fair warning.
• Thanks to the Random Number God, you can have a prim-looking grandmother be an absolute beast in the Bare Knuckle League, laying out all sorts of thugs while wearing her Sunday best dress and hat.
• GBB News Drones tend to show up at the most amusingly apropos times, such as when a group of defiant civilians punch out an Albion soldier, only for a drone to show up and add insult to injury, eagerly filming the now unconscious PMC, all while announcing its presence with a vaguely smug computer-generated voice.
• A Hypnotist can have all sorts of Comedic Sociopathy, making people just up and start decking their friends.
  • There's also the operative you're controlling not believing that they just found a Hypnotist, giving us this remark from Bagley.
  Bagley: Looks like someone never updated their career goals from when they were a child... In 1853.
• One of the recruitment missions you can get is the person you're recruiting wanting you to deal with some kind of conspiracy group. As in clones, body snatchers, robots, and those kind of things. It ends up being you going to a Albion base to break something but the reactions from your operative and Bagley take the cake.
  Operative: Bagley, did that even have a shred of credibility to it?
  Bagley: Oh no, s/he's off his/her fucking lid for sure.
• As shown here, you can play as a beekeeper... and yes, you can weaponize their bees.
• Using the Profiler would lead to an NPC's occupation as the topic of the active DedSec operative's remarks about them.
  (finding someone as a Spy)
  British Man: Isn't the whole point of them being a spy to keep it a secret? (scoffs) Why is it on their profile?! Tosser.
• In "404 Not Found", when talking about Albion's Quantum Computer and how Albion is using it, one of your operatives will make a interesting comparison.
  Operative: Oh, so it's like that helpful little paperclip, but for fascism. "It looks like you're stamping a face."
• The beginning of The Whistleblower has a server giving a flip phone (sorry, a cryptophone) to the active DedSec operative. Naturally, he/she is either amused, annoyed, or concerned at Richard calling through said phone.
  African Man 1: Ha! A flip phone! Who are you, my mother?
  African Man 2: A flip phone? Well, this brings back memories.
  African Woman: Oh wow, what is this, a walkie-talkie? Uh... Over?
  British Man 1: Uh, thanks for the flip phone I guess, but I'm confused.
  British Man 2: You a time traveler or something? Who calls on a flip phone?
  British Man 3: A flip phone cuz? Huh. What is this, 2003?
  Middle-Aged British Man: A flip phone! Finally, some tech I can actually use.
  Elderly Woman: Is this a joke? I've moved past flip phones, you cheeky arse.
  Wrench: What's with the flip phone? This is the future, dude!
  • The missions involving Malik (the man who gave them said "cryptophone") have some humor to be found with the DedSec operative often being frustrated with all the spy game cat-and-mouse, and Malik in turn being frustrated with what he sees as rank stupidity on their part. Of special note is when Malik needs fingerprints from the Home Office liaison, and the DedSec agent immediately leaps to asking if Malik wants them to chop of the fingers, or just torture them.
• Wrench is still at the top of his game. Moments include:
  • His recruitment in the Campaign has him claiming "seniority" and Bagley begging the player to find something for him to do.
  • One of his loading animations has Bagley interrupting him while he's, er...taking pictures of himself. Bagley's not amused.
  Wrench: And the award for Best Picture goes to...
  Bagley: Dear God, my eyes.
  Wrench: [startled] Uh, Bagley?!
  Bagley: Zip up, get to work, and let's never talk about this again.
  • Another of Wrench's loading animations has him holding several Optiks and explaining to a genuinely fascinated NPC that the government hands them out for free as a means of control.

Bloodline

• Freddie's final Resistance Mission has Aiden helping her mom escape from Albion. The two hit it off, much to Freddie's exasperation.
• The final Fixer Mission has Wrench working with Marcus to complete the stunt work for Jimmy Siska's latest movie. Said movie's a sequel to Cyber Driver, where Devon von Devon faces his evil British clone. And yes, it's as cheesy as it sounds from the data files collected.
  • Also, the sheer fact that even after a decade, Wrench and Marcus still argue over Alien vs. Predator. And despite Marcus being pro-Predator, he got several facts wrong, namely regarding the Predator having Thermal Vision and cloaking tech to its advantage.^note Aliens do not generate body heat and are able to see Predators even when they are cloaked.
• Just before leaving Wrench's safehouse in "Fox Hunt", you can hear Aiden's phone ringing. Interacting with it leads to this.
  Jordi: Aiden, whe- Wait, who the fuck are you? Where's Aiden?
  Wrench: Uhhhhhh... (In a very bad accent) Wrong number!
• The start of "Rempart Rampage" is Wrench trying to explain why Aiden isn't answering and Jordi telling Wrench (Who he calls Ratchet in this mission) that since Aiden's out of action, he needs Wrench to do some Fixer jobs for him starting with Wrench wiping data from some Rempart facilities.
  Wrench: Got it, go to Nexus Tower and steal their prototype combat drone.
  Jordi: Not what I said but uhhhh, sure. Let's see where this goes.
• The Fixer mission "Laddie" has Wrench stealing one of the MK-1 Robots. Wrench tells the robot that asks for user verification to just lie and say it's bugged... And then asks if it can lie.
  Robot: NOT BY YOUR COMMAND.
  Wrench: What? Oh! Oh, I see what you did there. Haha. Good girl... I mean, I'm assuming you're a girl... Whatever, gender's a construct anyways.
  • This then leads to the robot commenting that it's faulty and bugging out... While the local guards don't believe any of it and start firing at it, meaning you'll have to shoot your way out anyway.
  • Also the fact that Wrench treats the robot as a girl... being that it has a very masculine voice.
• Wrench also gets attached to the robot as well, telling Jordi that he's going to keep the robot for himself. He does not take it well.
  Wrench: Jordi? You still there?
  Jordi: Oh, yeah, I'm still here. Just thinking about which orifice to stab you in first.
• Wrench also tries to figure out what to call the new robot while being chased down by Albion. When he makes a deal with Jordi to give the Fixers the data they need if they let him keep the robot, he finally finds the perfect name for his new robot buddy.
  Wrench: In honor of you Jordi Chin, I hereby name this robot: Little Jordi.
  Jordi: You know, I really don't like you.
  • Also the names that Wrench comes up beforehand: "Wrenchalina", "Wrenchelle", and "Wrenchesca". What's funnier is that with every new name, the mission objective text changes to include said name.
• The Fixer Mission "Ghost Car of London" is more or less Jordi slowly losing all patience with Wrench. Starting with Wrench finding prototypes of the cloaking tech that the car they're looking for is using and Wrench making jokes about it. When Wrench gets to the second search site, he makes up a origin story for the ghost car.
  Wrench: Legend is, a car was brutally murdered here, twenty years ago to the day!
  Jordi: That's the lore? It's the ghost OF a car?
  • Once Wrench finds the car, it races off with Wrench telling to not go into the light. And if you let it escape...
  Wrench: It ghosted us! ...Get it? Because it's a ghost?
  Jordi: Oh my god, shut up. I've got a cleaner bead on the signal now, I think I know where it's hiding.
  Wrench: Don't you mean "Where it's haunting?"
  Jordi: Go get the FUCKING CAR!
  • And of course when Wrench gets it, he asks about what's going to happen to the car.
  Jordi: Oh. My. God. None of your goddamn business!
  Wrench: Okay, because I've got a really weird idea... Oh and if you're wondering if it's a sex thing? No Jordi, okay? Way weirder.
  Jordi: I'm literally this close to putting out a hit on you.
  • Once the mission's done, Jordi says he's going to spend the rest of his day taking a Assault Rifle, firing it into the air, and screaming.
• The Data Drive entries for the DLC are a bit humorous:
  • There are some early designs for the robots made by Wrench, and he's frustrated about how Rempart sees them as impractical (particularly, he doesn't like how he can't add spikes).
  • There are also various memes Wrench made mocking Rempart and London.
  • For some reason there is a script of Wrench's favorite show, Magical Goat Princess Battle.

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